We are a group of civil society activists and researchers who are concerned about public transportation in Hyderabad. We want a mass rapid transit system that includes the buses, trains (MMTS/Metro), sidewalks and cycle paths. But the proposed elevated metro will not meet these objectives.

Friday, August 12, 2011

The attached news item in Andhra Jyothi (Telugu Daily) reveals certain facts - that the number of properties to be acquired is increasing significantly compared to earlier, that the Metro MD issued a fatwa to the officers including its PRO not to speak to the media, that he is applying AP Conduct Rules Act, 1964 to the officers and is behaving like a ‘dictator’, that an L&T company’s engineer has admitted that more number of properties may have to be acquired in future, and the people should cooperate in public interest.

Our view: We have been saying from the very beginning that this metro project is hiding more than what it is revealing. This is going to be one of the worst projects ever taken up in Hyderabad city.